How To Get Automatic Alerts When Your Band Is Mentioned Online

As a musician, you need to know when people talk about you or your music online. Follow the steps of today's blog to receive instant notifications whenever your name is mentioned -- such as on a blog, tweet, or website.

As a musician, you need to know when people talk about you or your music online. Follow the steps of today's blog to receive instant notifications whenever your name is mentioned -- such as on a blog, tweet, or website.

Follow each service's instructions. Depending on the service, you will get a choice as to coverage (we recommend choosing the broadest as possible), how frequently you want to be notified (we recommend as-they-happen rather than a digest so you can stay on top of mentions), and whether you want alerts to go to your mobile device.

which is a service that tracks all search and social mentions of keywords you tell them to track -- so you don’t have to sign up for all the above. You can sign up for a limited free version or you can pay the recurring fee to have it track everything.

3. Keep track of mentions for publicity purposes.

You will want to keep track and organize the best, most positive mentions for future publicity purposes and PR campaigns.